dingley



(No Mdel.)

B. P. DINGLEY.

MBAT GLAMP.

No. 807,105. Patented 0 t.z8,`1884.

Wtnesses I UNrrnn taras Patent* marce,

BENJAMIN F. DINGLEY, OF COHOES, NEV YORK.

MEAT-C LAM P.

PECIFICATION fo rming part of Letters Patent No, 307,105, dated October 28, 1884.

Application filed March 18, 1884. (No mrdel.)

To all witam il; may cancer.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. DINGLEY, of the city of Cohoes, county of Albany, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Iniprovenicnt in Meat-Clanips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mechanical means designed for holding ineat in a position to be cut when it is placed` on a butcherls block, and the object of my invention is to enable the person engaged in Cutting the meat or sawing its bone to do so without being compelled to hold the ineat in position at the same ti rne.

`In the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specifi cation,'there are three tigures llustrating my inVention,with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all of them. Of these illustration's, Figure 1 shows a perspective of a butchefis block with my invention attached thereto.

Fig. 2 shows a section taken vertically through the lower end of the holder'lrod and the treadle-levcr by which the holder is operated. Fig.l 3 represents a section taken through a part of the block in which there a-re placed movable staying-pins that are made with pointcd ends.

The several parts of the inechanism and the parts of the block to which the former is at' tached are designatcd by letter reference and their function explained as follows:

The letter B designates the block, and T'its top surface. I

Theletter l? indicates pins having pointcd upper ends, and which pins are made to fit in holes O produced in' the bloeks with their pointcd upper cnds projected above the top of the block, and so constructed that they can be removed from the block when desired.

The letter A designates the holder-ar1n, and R the'hollow rod which passes up through the block, as indicated by the dotted line (Z. This holder-rod at its lower end is pivoted into the top of the stirrup M, and its upper end is firmly secured to the arin A;

The letter T2 designates a treadle lever, which at one end, as indicated at t', is pivoted to one of the legs of the block, and at its other end it is fiattened out for the applicationof the foot, as indicated at ti. This treadle-lever is connected to the rod R by means of the stirrup M, and it is pivoted in the latter by the bolt Z), so that as the treadle-lever is pressed be cut or sawcd.

down by the foot the rod It and the connected arm A are also drawn down, the latter to- Ward the block. On the pivot end of the rod It, and arranged between its cap (t and the stirrup-top, there is placed a spring, M, the function of which will be described subsequently.

The letter J designates a serrated rack that is attached to the sides of'one of the legs of the block, the notches or teeth of this rack being adapted to receive and detain the treadle-lever when forced down under any one of them, the spring N allowing of a little, clasticity to the adjustincut when making the connection be twcen the treadle and the rack-teeth.

As thus made the apparatus is operated as follows: A carcass or piece of nieat being placed upon the top ot' block over the pointcd pins, the arm A is then moved around into such a position as will best hold the nicat to the treadle-lcver is then forced down by the foot and the arm A pressed into the nieat. Then the treadlelever is passed under one of the vteeth or notches, by which it is firmly held while the nieat or carcass thus secured upon the block is being cut or sawed.

The rod R, to which the arm A is attached, being pivoted as before dcscribed, permits the arin to be swung from over the block when not in use; and the pins 1), being movable, may be taken from the block when not used in connection with the other parts. \Vhile I have. shown the rod R as passing up throughM 'the block, it can be made to operate in brackets from the side of the latter, and, if desired, teeth may be used on the under side of the arin. The mcat to be cut pcrmits the settling into it of the arm A when under pressure for the connection to be made between the treadle-lever and the teeth of the rack, thus allowing an adjustment for such connection, and hence the spring N may be olnittcd, if de sired.

Having thus describcd my invention, what I claim,and desirc to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, with the block l`,of the holder-arni A, the holder-rod R, rigidly coir nected to said arni, the treadle-lever T2, the stirrup M, arrangcd on the latter and made with a pivotal opening for the lower end of the W'hen this has been done,

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holder-rod7 and the rack J, the said parts be- Signed ab Troy, ew York, this 15th day of 10 ing constructed :md arranged to operarteiu the March, 1884, and in the presence of the two rnanner as and for the purposes Set forth. wtnesses Whose names were by them here'o 2. The combination, With the block 13,0flvhe 1 written. holderarm A, the holder-rod R, connected to the forrner, the trezulle-lever T2, the rackJ.

:md the rexnovable pins l), the said parts being BENJAMIN F. DINGLEY.

fitnessesz constructed and zu'ranged to operate iu the CHARLES S. RINTNLL, manner as and for the pmfposes'set forth. I

O. H. SHEPRD. 

